Lost FONTS in Access

[Bobby T]

I am all of a sudden having problem with FONT in ALL my Access tables. When
I go into a table the font is of a very poor resolution. I assumed the
problem was related to Access not recognizing the font type. When I change
the font to "Arial" it looks good and I can then save the table with "Arial"
font.

I checked in TOOLS > OPTIONS > DATASHEET and under DEFAULT FONT it does not
show any fonts in the drop-down window.

Any idea what the problem is and how it can be corrected? I didn't
previously have this problem. Could it be related to installation of SP2?

 

[Mike Labosh]

I am all of a sudden having problem with FONT in ALL my Access tables.
When

I go into a table the font is of a very poor resolution. I assumed the
problem was related to Access not recognizing the font type. When I change
the font to "Arial" it looks good and I can then save the table with "Arial"
font.

I checked in TOOLS > OPTIONS > DATASHEET and under DEFAULT FONT it does not
show any fonts in the drop-down window.

Any idea what the problem is and how it can be corrected? I didn't
previously have this problem. Could it be related to installation of SP2?

Yeah, that's just Access screwing up it's own registry values. Exit all
Access sessions. Click Start -> Run, type REGEDIT and click ok. Then
navigate to this location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\[your version
number]\Access\Settings

Then set these two values:

Default Font Name = the name of the font you want
Default Font Size = the point size you want it to be (typically 8 or 10 or
something)

Then close the registry editor and launch Access. You should be all fixed
up.
--
Peace & happy computing,

Mike Labosh, MCSD

"Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, I have
come to the conclusion that this new system SUCKS!"
~~ General Barringer ~~

 

[Bobby T]

Mike,
That did the trick. THANKS!
Bobby

I am all of a sudden having problem with FONT in ALL my Access tables. When
I go into a table the font is of a very poor resolution. I assumed the
problem was related to Access not recognizing the font type. When I change
the font to "Arial" it looks good and I can then save the table with "Arial"
font.

I checked in TOOLS > OPTIONS > DATASHEET and under DEFAULT FONT it does not
show any fonts in the drop-down window.

Any idea what the problem is and how it can be corrected? I didn't
previously have this problem. Could it be related to installation of
SP2?

Yeah, that's just Access screwing up it's own registry values. Exit all
Access sessions. Click Start -> Run, type REGEDIT and click ok. Then
navigate to this location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\[your version
number]\Access\Settings

Then set these two values:

Default Font Name = the name of the font you want
Default Font Size = the point size you want it to be (typically 8 or 10 or
something)

Then close the registry editor and launch Access. You should be all fixed
up.
--
Peace & happy computing,

Mike Labosh, MCSD

"Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, I have
come to the conclusion that this new system SUCKS!"
~~ General Barringer ~~